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At home we're finding that we're accumulating more and more files - photos, music, videos, etc - that are stored on our PC, but want to be accessed by other devices. For example we have a Sonos music setup, but we can't do anything with it unless the PC is also on. That can be a pain when the PC wants to shut itself down in power-saving mode.
It occurs to me that we'd be better off having some sort of server (a NAS box, perhaps?) which can be always-on, so that our files can be accessed via the wired LAN or wi-fi without the PC.
Can anybody recommend a suitable setup for me? The key criterion is that it has to be as simple as possible to set up and to access by non-PC devices. I don't need the server itself to have wi-fi support because I can easily locate it in the study and connect it directly to the wi-fi router.
It occurs to me that we'd be better off having some sort of server (a NAS box, perhaps?) which can be always-on, so that our files can be accessed via the wired LAN or wi-fi without the PC.
Can anybody recommend a suitable setup for me? The key criterion is that it has to be as simple as possible to set up and to access by non-PC devices. I don't need the server itself to have wi-fi support because I can easily locate it in the study and connect it directly to the wi-fi router.